Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism is a conglomeration of similar, but diverse ideas about literature, religion, culture and philosophy. It has its roots in the Transcendental Club established in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on September 8, 1836, by several prominent Americans including George Putnam, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Hedge. The club was a protest to the general state of culture and society at the time, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Cambridge and Harvard.

Transcendentalism itself is difficult to define concisely, due to the diverse expressions of those involved in the movement. However, the main tenet of transcendentalists is the desire to go beyond (transcend) the prevailing literature and philosophies of the masses in order to improve society. One of the reasons that transcendentalism spans so many disciplines is due to this strength of this desire amongst those involved.

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a novel, The Blithedale Romance, satirizing the movement, and based on his experiences at Brook farm.

The term Transcendentalism was derived from the philosopher Immanuel Kant, who called "all knowledge transcendental which is concerned not with objects but with our mode of knowing objects." Ralph Waldo Emerson formulated and expressed the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay Nature. His stance was "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds...A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men."

Other prominent Transcendentalists included Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and Theodore Parker.

See also: Transcendental Generation, Transcendental meditation, Universism.

Synonyms within Context: Transcendentalism

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Intellect	Ideality, idealism; transcendentalism, spiritualism; immateriality; universal concept, universal conception.
Unintelligibility	Noun: unintelligibility; incomprehensibility, imperspicuity; inconceivableness, vagueness; Adjective: obscurity; ambiguity; doubtful meaning; uncertainty; perplexity; (confusion); spinosity; obscurum per obscurius; mystification; (concealment); latency; transcendentalism.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: Transcendentalism

Domain	Title
Books	Cliffsnotes Thoreau, Emerson, and Transcendentalism (reference) Desire, the Self, the Social Critic: The Rise of Queer Performance Within the Demise of Transcendentalism (reference) Emerson on Transcendentalism (Milestones of Thought Series) (reference) Transcendentalism in New England: A History (reference) (more book examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Transcendentalism

Modern Translation: Transcendentalism

Language		Translations for "transcendentalism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏الفلسفة المتعالية, ‏إبهام (obscurity, vagueness). (various references)

Bulgarian		трансцедентална философия. (various references)

French		transcendantalisme. (various references)

German		Transzendentalphilosophie. (various references)

Greek		μεταφυσική (metaphysics), υπερβατισμόσ. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		先�"論 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せ�"け�"ろ�". (various references)

Pig Latin		anscendentalismtray

Portuguese		transcendentalismo. (various references)

Russian		трансцендентальная философия. (various references)

Spanish		trascendentalismo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Transcendentalism

Derivations
	Words beginning with "transcendentalism": transcendentalisms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Transcendentalism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trancendentalism, transcedentalism, transcendentality, transcendentallism, transcendentalsim, transendentalism, ttranscendentalism. (additional references)
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Rhyming with "Transcendentalism"

Words rhyming with "transcendentalism" (pronounced 'Tran`scen*den"tal*ism'): Abolitionism, Absenteeism, Absinthism, Absolutism, Academicism, Academism, Accidentalism, Achromatism, Acosmism, Acrobatism, Acrotism, Actinism, Adiaphorism, AEstheticism, Africanism, Agnosticism, Agonism, Agrarianism, Agriculturism, Albinism, Albinoism, Alcoholism, Alienism, Allodialism, Allomerism, Allomorphism, Allotheism, Alphabetism, Altruism, Amateurism, Americanism, Amorphism, Anabaptism, Anachorism, Anachronism, Anacrotism, Anagrammatism, Analogism, Anamorphism, Anarchism, Anathematism, Anatocism, Anatomism, Anchoretism, Andabatism, Aneurism, Anglicanism, Anglicism, Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Saxonism. (additional references)

Anagrams: Transcendentalism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-i-l-m-n-n-n-r-s-s-t-t"
	-3 letters: ascertainments, transcendental.
	-4 letters: ascertainment, determinantal, mistranslated.
	-5 letters: centenarians, determinants, detrainments, detrimentals, discernments, entrainments, intercalated, intercalates, maintenances, mannerliness, materialness, mistranslate, rescindments, transcendent.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-i-l-m-n-n-n-r-s-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: transcendentalisms.
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Alternative Orthography: Transcendentalism

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Transcendentalism

Definition: Transcendentalism